Frank Sykes
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Full name | Frank Douglas Sykes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Batley, England | 9 December 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 May 2017 | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: espnscrum.com |
Frank Douglas Sykes (Batley, was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.[1] He played at representative level for British Lions (non-Test matches), England, and Yorkshire,[2] and at club level for Huddersfield, and Northampton, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14.
9 December 1927 – 12 May 2017) born inPlaying career[]
International honours[]
Frank Sykes won caps for England in 1955 against France and Scotland, and in 1963 against New Zealand, and Australia.[3]
County honours[]
Frank Sykes played seventy-nine matches for Yorkshire, including sixty-six consecutive County Championship matches.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Frank Sykes". www.northamptonsaints.co.uk. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b Philip Gaunt (1969). "Yorkshire Rugby Union - Centenary 1869-1969 (Page-28)". Chadwick Studios/Frederick Duffield & Sons Ltd Archived September 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. ISBN n/a
- ^ "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk". en.espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2017 deaths
- Huddersfield R.U.F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Batley
- Rugby union wings
- Northampton Saints players
- British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England
- Yorkshire County RFU players
- England international rugby union players